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In trading on Wednesday, home furnishings & improvement shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Mattress Firm Holding (MFRM), off about 22.1% and shares of Select Comfort (SCSS) down about 9.6% on the day.

Also lagging the market Wednesday are general contractors & builders shares, down on the day by about 3% as a group, led down by M/I Homes (MHO), trading lower by about 4.8% and Homex Development (HXM), trading lower by about 4.7%.